Cover by Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers.
"Return of the Genie!" (T-637) by Kirby/Ayers. 6 pages.
In a follow-up story to "I-Am-the-Genie!" from Tales to Astonish #8, the ex-con-turned-genie escapes from imprisonment in the bottle and runs amok on the Earth, inflicting his revenge on humankind. He takes his escapades too far, however, and ends up as he started, although repentant.
Reprinted in Vault of Evil #11 and Marvel Masterworks: Tales to Astonish Vol 1.
"No Way Out" (T-623) by Ditko. 5 pages.
Future man has perfected space travel, and have explored our neighboring planets, but hit an invisible barrier that prevents us from reaching the stars. Frustrated, one astronaut stares at his fishbowl at home, and it dawns on him that we are just pets in the intergalactic fishbowl of some superior being.
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks: Tales to Astonish Vol 1.
"I Saw Droom the Living Lizard!" (T-634) by Heck. 7 pages.
A scientist seeking a serum to grow our produce bigger. He finally has a breakthrough, and shows it to an associate, whose pet lizard accidentally injests the serum, growing to monstrous proportion. The military finds a way to launch the unstoppable beast into space, where he drifts through space for 10 million years until he lands on another planet, Earth, ushering in the age of dinosaurs.
Reprinted in Fantasy Masterpieces (Vol 1) #8, Where Monsters Dwell #28, Marvel Monsters (TPB), and Marvel Masterworks: Tales to Astonish Vol 1.
"Time-Stream Rescue" (9685) 2 pages, text with spot illustration.
"Fangs of the Bear" (T-635) by Wildey. 5 pages.
An inventor creates a robot disguised as a child's stuffed bear for the purpose of using it to commit robbery from the people who buy it. The scheme is successful until the bear is purchased for a cripple boy, and fails to respond for the inventor. Frustrated, he goes to retrieve the bear at gunpoint from the family, and is foiled by the most unlikely protector.
Reprinted in Crypt of Shadows #13 and Marvel Masterworks: Tales to Astonish Vol 1.